The Cunctator wrote:
Tarquin wrote:
>The Cunctator wrote:
>>This is a false dilemma.
>Cunc, I think your above reasoning should also be
applied to the
>following (that you posted a while ago)
>(a) we are one multi-lingual encyclopedia
>(b) we are many encyclopedias, one in each of many languages
Simply put, (b) doesn't in itself provide any
reason for the various
participants of different languages to work together, whereas (a) does.
I'm going to agree with Cunc on this one,
even though I opposed him in the multilingual discussion.
The reason that the discussion was so surreal, IMO,
is not that anybody was presenting anybody with a false dichotomy,
but that everybody was choosing (a) while accusing the others of choosing (b).
In the end, I think that we realised that were simply arguing about
how best to go about reaching the goal of (a),
and then only accused our opponents of advocating a plan
that would *unintentionally*result* in (b).
-- Toby